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From: pedz@bobkat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,news.misc,news.admin
Subject: Wish list
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 12:18:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 15 12:18:22 1987
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I would like people posting programs to the net to describe briefly
what they do at the top of the article.  Not a complete detailed
description but at least something that lets me know what they are
suppose to do.  For example there is a program just posted called
filter.  There is absolutely no comments at all about what it does or
how to use it.  This is really really really really really stupid.  If
you want people to use your software, you should at least let them
know what it is.

This espeically applies to the moderated groups.  You get titles like
FROB and a comment at the start of the first article that says ``This
is FROB version 2.5''.  Inadequate!  I have better things to do then
to keep track of all of the programs in the world and all of their
names.  Not to mention the problem of the same name being used in more
than one program.  The name of the program does not describe it.

On to the second wish of mine.  I would like all articles for
the same program to be responses to the first article.  This way, I
can hit ``k'' only once and get past ten or so files which do not
interest me.  I am sure that this would make the notes users much
happier as well.

On a different subject and not related to sources is my wish for
everyone who responds to an article to post it as a response, do not
change the title, and keep all of the appropriate info in the header
to make it look like a response.  Frequently I have to resort to the
kill file technique just to get around something that the k key could
and should solve if everyone cooperated.  Do not think that your two
cents on a subject is completely revolutionary and requires a whole
new base article even if the subject has drifted off the original
topic.

There, I didn't say #$&@ once.
-- 
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Perry Smith a.k.a. (Pedz Thing)
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